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agent in obtaining for this country the celebrated Ijjexandrian sarcophagus, and the trilingular inscription, known by the name of " the Rosetta Stone." Dr. Clarke was eminently qualified for a traveller, by great acquired knowledge, un- shrinking courage and power of enduring fatigue, and the ability to narrate what he observed in a lively, graphic, and agreeable manner. Not long after his return to England, be married Angelica, daughter of sir William Beaumaris Rush, and being already in holy orders, was instituted to the rectory of Harlton, Cambridge- shire. Dr. Clarke was the author of a periodi- cal work entitled Le Rmeur; or the Waking t of an Ahtent Man: the first number app«u«d Sept. 6, 1796, and the last March 6, 1797, in twenty-nine numbers. The whole were after- wards printed in one volume, some time in the latter year ; and from the account to be found in his Liie, it would seem that there is not more than one complete copy in existence.

1822. Practical Hints on Decorative Printing. By William Savage, London. This work pro- duces some beautiful imitations of coloured drawings produced at the letter-press, and the elaborate manner in which the imitations are executed, mast excite the most delightful feeling in every lover of the typographic art. The work was published at £5 5t. large paper, in folio, jCU 11 «. Mr. Branston,* the celebrated wood engraver, rendered his valuable services.f

1822, Jan. 29. ITie Scrap Book ; a literarr publication, printed and published by Josepn Pratt, Manchester jprice twopence.

1822, Feb. 2. The Mancheiter Iris, No. 1. a literary publication, price threepence halfpenny, printed aad published by Henry Smithy the proprietor, St. Ann's square, Manchester. It ended Saturdav, December 27, 1823.

1822. TTie Preui or, Literary Chit Chat, a tatirt, 12mo, pp. 132.

BruiatOD, engravers and printeis Beaufoit -house, la the Strand, London, died Feb. Ill, I817.
 * Robert BnuistoD, sen. of the flrm of WblUng and

t Sir WUU&m Congreve, whose ftctive and inventive geoius never slept, obtained a patent, December as, 1823, for improvements in printing in one, two, or three colours bj machinery, and which is chiefly used in printing coun- try Inmlters notes and labels for paper for the excise ; at the same time it is but Justice to say, (if the invention of printing be ceded to sir William Congreve) the macld- nery was invented and brought to perfection by Mr. WiUts, a partner in the house of Donlcen and Co., Bermoudsey. The worthy l»ronet introduced the process into some of the government offices, as well as permitted Messrs. WhiUng and Branston to avail themselves of bis inge- nuity, and the invention considerably Increased in public fsTonr after its first Introdaction into Beaufort house, Strand, many very highly finished specimens of the com- pound-plate process have Iwen issued from that establish- ment. It ought also to be said, that sir William Congreve focnd an able assistant in Mr. Branston, as many of the productions were certainly executed by that inimitable en- graver's own hand. Sir William Congreve was born May 10, 1773, and died May in, lg3S.

Messrs. E. and E. Cowper have invented a cylinder card- printing machine, which executes the sheet or court cards, with the five colours in register at one impression.

In I8U, Mr. 8. Marshall, of Streatham, in Surry, obtained a medal from the society of aits, for the inven- tion of piinttng in colotus on calico.

t Henry Smith served his apprenticeship with William Cowdroy. Jun.; he carried on a very respectable business for about rdneteen yean, and died July 11, 1138, aged 44.

1823, March 10. Died, William Cowdbot, proprietor and printer of the Manchester Gazette, aged forty-seven years. To those who had the pleasure of being acquainted with him, he was known to be the possessor of many sterling qualities, among which, sincerity, strict probity, and firm friendship, were peculiarly pre-eminent. He died as he had lived, an example that virtue can exalt the character even beyond praise, and above the power of death.

1822, April 22. Alderman Waithman obtained a verdict of £500 against the pro- prietors of the John Bull, for a libel.

1822, Avril 26. Sir Alexander Boswell, hart, killed in a duel by James Stuart, esq. for a concealed libel,'of which sir Alexander Boewell was the author, inserted in a newspaper called the Glasgow Sentinel, of the same stiunp as the Edinburgh Beacon and the London John Bull, conducted by Messrs. Alexander and Bortbwick, of which sir Walter Scott and others were ^e proprietors.

1822, Mai/ 19. Died, Jeremiah Jollie, pro- prietor and printer of the Carlisle Journal, aged thirty-five rears. He was the eldest son of Francis Jollie, whom he succeeded in the business. Mr. Francis Jollie republished several valuable works, and compiled Sketch of Cum- berland Manners and Customs, 8vo. 1811. The Cumberland Guide and Directory, 8vo. 1811.

1822, 3fay 20. Died, Wiluam Hayes, book- binder, of Oxford, in the sixty-sixth year of bis age. As a steady, upright, and attentive trades- man, Mr. Hayes had long enjoyed very general credit and respect. The merits of his private character was best appreciated bv his friends and family ; but in his loss the public of Oxford will long regret one of its most zealous, active, and indefatigable servants. A few years before his death he received from his fellow-citizens a most gratifying testimony of their regard, and high opinion of his services in discharging the important office of governor of the bouse of in- dustry.

1822, May 25. Died, William Headley, proprietor of the Leeds Independent newspaper, aged tliirty-four, lamented by his family and friends. He received some severe injuries from a mob, on the day of the coronation of George IV.

1822, May 28. T. Arrowsmith, J. Weaver, and W. Shackell, the alleged proprietor and printers of the John Bull newspaper were brought

against Alexander and Borthwicli, for damages for a U1>el inserted in the Olatgow SenHiul. Mr. Bortbwick was then lying in Glasgow Jail for a small debt, when hi* agent, it appears, expressed to Mr. Stuart his great desiie to have the action settled, and asked if he, Mr. Stuart, was willing to do so, Mr. Stuart replied that it would de- pend on the commuiiication which Bortbwick would inak* to him. Bortbwick being liberated from prison by the payment of his debt, brought Mr. Stuart the papers and manuscripts, which led him to fix on Sir Alexander Bos- well as the author of the articles which had offended him, and which led to the unfortunate duel. Borthwick ab- sconded, but on the 6th of April was apprehended on a Justiciary warrant, at Dundee, and carried to Edinburgh, charging him with theft, by breaking open lock-fast plMea In the Seniinel newspaper office, and abstracting several confidential letters and other manuscripts therefrom.
 * On January 7, teti, Mr. Stuart obtained an action

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